Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (Heracles/eagle) (325 BCE)
From SILVER
325 BC - 325 BCE Silver 649 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse: | AΛEΞAN-ΔPOY (Greek).Eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt, head turned back to left, to right, monogram |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Miletus | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 325 BC | to | 325 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.30 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Thompson 1983, n° 28-31 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 225b, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 153 (Amphipolis) | ||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.75 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 151,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,854.3 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 649 kg <br /> 649 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,635.76 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1983), Alexander's Drachm Mints. I : Sardes and Miletus, NS 16, New York.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
